Improvement in heels for boots and shoes



J'. W. JONES.

HEELS FOR BOOTS AND SHOES.

Patente dMay 30, 1-876.

N PETERS. PHOTO-UTHQGRAPHER. WASHINGTON D O.

UNITED STATES- PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN W. JONES, HOLLOWAY, ENGLAND.

IMPROVEMENT IN HEELS FOR BOOTS AND SHOES.

' Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 1 78,158, dated May 30, 1876; application filed May 4,1876.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN WARD JONES, of Holloway, in the county of Middlesex, England, have invented certain Improvements in the Heels of Boots and Shoes, of which the following is a specification This invention has for its object improvements in the arrangement and construction of rotary heels for boots and shoes; and in order that my improvements may be clearly understood and readily carried into practice I will proceed to describe the drawings hereunto annexed.

Figure 1 shows an external view of part of a boot or shoe having a hollow rotary heel arranged and constructed in accordance with my improvements. Fig.2 is a section of the heel part; Fig. 3, a plan of the shell; Fig. 4,

an under-side view, and Figs. 5, 6, and 7 views of the parts separately. I

The shell (1 oblong or oval at the seat and circular at the base, is advai'ltageously made ofv cast metal, although I do not confine myself thereto, as it may be stamped out of sheet metal, or be made of gutta-percha or other material capable of being molded to the form required. a a are points cast with or fixed to the shell a, for the purpose of securing it to the heel part of the sole, the shell a being further secured thereto by the screw 1), which secures the rotary plate I) firmly in position when screwed into the screw-socket c of the plate 0, fixed by screws, rivets, or otherwise, to the central part of the heel.

It will thus be seen that my improved rotary heel is composed of three simple parts, a, b, and 0, combined together by the screw 1), the whole being fitted together and finished complete, ready for being fixed or attached to the heel of a boot or shoe when first made, or

applied thereto as a substitute for the ordinary heel.

The shells a may be made of any size or height required.

In order to fix arotary heel of this character the screw-socket c is first secured to the central part of the heel, which is readily ascertained by means of a gage corresponding with the outline of the heel. The shell a is then placed in position, pressure being applied thereto so as to force the points a into before been proposed to construct metallic heels for boots and shoes. I therefore make no exclusive claim thereto apart from the novel arrangement and construction of the same as herein previously described; but

What I claim is- The combination of the heel-shell a, provided with attaching-points a, the rotary plate b, the screw socket-plate 0, attached to the heel part of the sole of a boot or shoe, substantially as shown, and the screw 1), all substantially as and for the purposes herein described.

JOHN WARD JONES.

Witnesses G. F. WARREN, WILMER M. HARRIS. 

